@article{ref1,
title="Impaired ankle joint mechanics during running can be resolved in people with traumatic brain injury",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2019",
author="Williams, Gavin and Schache, Anthony G.",
volume="33",
number="5",
pages="670-678",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: 1) To compare lower-limb joint mechanics during running for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) to equivalent data obtained from a group of healthy controls (HCs); and 2) To determine if deficits identified in biomechanical variables during running for people with TBI responded to a six-month period of rehabilitation. <br><br>METHODS: Running biomechanics data were recorded from 12 people with TBI who were attending a large metropolitan rehabilitation hospital for mobility limitations, and a comparative sample of 10 HCs at baseline and six-month follow-up. MAIN MEASURES: Average power absorbed and generated at the hip, knee and ankle joints during stance. <br><br>RESULTS: Compared to HCs, participants with TBI at baseline ran with greater average power absorption at the hip (-0.27 W/kg vs -0.61 W/kg; p< 0.05), reduced average power absorption at the knee (-2.03 W/kg vs -1.02 W/kg; p< 0.05) and reduced average power generation at the ankle (2.86 W/kg vs 2.06 W/kg; p< 0.05). Only average power generation at the ankle improved following six-months of rehabilitation for the participants with TBI (2.06 W/kg vs 2.79 W/kg; p< 0.05). <br><br>CONCLUSION: For the participants with TBI in the present study, recovery of high-level mobility following rehabilitation occurred alongside an improvement in ankle joint mechanics during running.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.1080/02699052.2019.1567940",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2019.1567940"
}